Clothes-drier



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J. J. BISEL,

CLOTHES DRIER.

No. 355,125. Patented Dec. 28, 1886..

ATTORNEY N PFI'ERS. Phoiollllwgupher. Washingtfln. D. C.

NITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

JOSEPH J. BISEL, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-PRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,125, dated December 28,1886.

Application filed February 2, 1886. Serial No.190,593. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, J OSEPH J. BIsEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes- Driers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. 4

This invention relates to clothes -driers which have the clothes holding arms attached, to ashelf which slides up and down on a relatively stationary frame, the height of said shelf being regulated by a cord and pulley.

Heretofore I have employed for'this purpose an ecccntrically-groovcd pulley, which automatically locks the cord when the latter is turned to either side.

defective, since such locking is found in prac- -2otice to be uncertain, depending on the care of the manipulator andthe friction between the cord and pulley. An important feature of my present invention consists, therefore, in substituting an ordinary pulley and holdingfork for this self-locking pulley, the cord being provided with a knot, which catches between the diverging tines of this fork, the latter rising and falling with the shelf.

My invention also consists in the construction and combination of the bracket, whereby the shelf is attached to the carriage, that part of the latter which receives said shelf, and the clamping-screw which holds these parts together, this combination being a substitute for 3 5 the hinged shelf and hook heretofore used. Y

The said invention also consists in the peculiar construction of the frame, that of the carriage sliding thereon, and certain other improvements, hereinafter particularly set forth 4.0 and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a clothes-drier embodying my invention. a plan view,partly sectional, of the same. Fig.

5 3 represents a detail perspective view of the bracket with the holding-fork attached. Fig. 4 represents a similar view of the carriage, and Fig. 5 a similar View of the lower casting.

A designates the frame, consisting of a vertical back bar, A, which sets against the wall, a shorter front bar, A and metal brackets A A, which connect these two bars at the This construction is Fig. 2 represents top and bottom of the front one, A respectively. The lower bracket, A is provided on its upper side with a recess for receiving the lower end of said frontbar, and has also on its rear face a horizontal flange, (1, which fitsinto any one of a series of grooves, a, in said back bar. These grooves are arranged at various heights to accommodate front bars of varying length or raise the lower limit of travel of the carriage and shelf.

B designates a horizontal arm extending forward through an arch, I), raised on the upper bracket or casting, A*, this part of said arm being flattened,in order that it may rest firmly and evenly on top of said casting. The forward end of said arm is provided with a dependent detachable pulley-block, G, in which an ordinary grooved pulley, D, is journaled. The cord E, for raising and lowering the shelf to which the clothes-supporting arms are. attached, passes over this pulley.

F designates said shelf, to the front part of which one end of said cord is attached, the clothes'supporting arms being arranged on both sides of the point of such attachment in the usual manner. The said shelf is provided with'a casting or bracket, G, the rear part of which consists of a flat vertical plate, G, covering therear of said shelf and extending down- Ward therefrom. This plate is provided on the side edges of its rear face with vertical flanges g, which overlap the sides of the carriage H, hereinafter described,and act as braces. A fiat rectangular hook, extends first backward from the upper edge of said plate, and then downward, fitting between the upper part of said carriage and the front bar. A of the frame. This hook and a clamp-screw, I, passing through plate G into carriage H, serve for the attachment of bracket G and shelf F to said carriage, so that they rise and fall with the latter securely, although when said screw is loosened they may be easily lifted out of such, engagement, the lower part of plate G being slotted to allow this operation. From this rear part of plate G an arm, G, of T shape in cross-section extends forward horizontally under and beyond said shelf, serving as a support and brace therefor. The forward end of said bar or arm G2 is bifurcated, the tines g curving downward and diverging slightly. Instead of attaching the end of the cord E directly to the shelf, I form a knot, e, in said end and catch that under the tines 9, close to their bases, the cord extending up through the fork. I also form a series of knots, 6', beginning at the other end of the cord and arranged at convenient intervals, to secure the shelf and clothesarms at any point of elevation desired. Each one of these knots e is of such size as to pass freely over the pulley D, but hold securely when caught under the fork between the tines g.

The carriage H is in the form of a rectangular frame, sliding up and down on front bar, A, aforesaid. The sides of this frame or carriage are provided with external 1ugs,t,which allow thejournaling ofanti-friction rollsj, that turn in and extend through openings of said sides, so as to bear against said bar A Larger anti-friction rolls, J, similarly jonrnaled in the side plates of said frame at the upper and lower rear corners, respectively, bear against the rear of the front bar, A and the front of the rear bar, A-thatis to say, one roller bears against the one bar and the other roller against the other bar.

The clothes-drier thus constructed is very strong, all the parts being well braced; but is nevertheless easily and cheaply constructed and readily taken apart for packing, transportation, or repairs.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a clothes-drier, the combination of a vertically-movable shelf and the clothessupporting arms attached thereto, with a holding-fork attached to said shelf and having diverging tines g a stationary pulley arranged above the latter, and a lifting and lowering cord which passes over said pulley and is provided with knots for engaging with said holding-fork, to secure said shelf and arms at the elevation desired, substantially as set forth.

2. In a clothes-drier, a vertically-movable carriage, in combination with a shelf detach- 'able from said carriage, to which shelf the clothes-supporting arms are attached, and the raising and lowering cord, substantiallyasset forth.

3. In a clothes-drier, a vertically'movable carriage, a shelf to which the clothessupporting arms are attached, and a bracket secured to said shelf and provided 'with a hook for catching over said carriage, substantially as set forth.

4. In combination with the shelf and carriage, a bracket having the plate G, flanges g, the hook attached to said plate, and the clamping-screw which passes through a slot of the latter, substantially as set forth.

5. The casting or bracket G, having on one end a plate provided with a suspending-hook. and on the other a holding-fork, in combination with the carriage shelf and cord, the clothes supporting arms, and the pulley over which the cord passes, the knots on the latter engaging with said fork, substantially as set forth. 1

6. In combination with the guide frame and shelf, a carriage surrounding and sliding on the upright bar A and provided with side anti-friction rollers which bear thereon, and rear anti-friction rollers which bear against both of the upright bars A and A, substantially as set forth.

7 .The rearbar, A, having a succession of grooves, a, in combination with the lower easting, A, which has a flange, a, for fitting any one of said grooves, the front bar, A the up per casting, A, and the movable parts of the clothes-drier, substantially as set forth.

8. The upper casting or bracket, A, having an arch raised on the top of said bracket, in combination with the arm B, which extends forward through said arch and is held thereby, a bar supporting said bracket, the cord, pulley, shelf, and carriage, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH J. BISEL.

Witnesses:

WM. H. BABOOGK, JAS. P. RYON. 

